1910 Mobile Dixie Parks

A Calendar, Including Newspaper Clippings, of the 1910 Mobile Dixie Parks

1910 Mobile Dixie Parks

Stories are placed in order of the date they appeared.

March 28, 1910

Mobile, AL
"New Orleans Club at Mobile, Alabama Dixie Parks March 28."

"We played the New Orleans Club four games and broke even. While New Orleans has a fast bunch, they like a good deal of pleasing the Mobile fans until they refrain from leaving the field, especially when the home club has gone to $150 expense. They will make very little headway playing baseball in that way. I like an aggresive ball player, but when it comes to the style of kicking they did in Mobile, March 28, 29, 30, why, I'm forced to believe that home is the best place for them. We are in need of two pitchers, one outfielder and a shortstop. Any such player would do well to write me."

March 29, 1910

Mobile, AL
"New Orleans Club at Mobile, Alabama Dixie Parks March 29."

March 30, 1910

Mobile, AL
"New Orleans Club at Mobile, Alabama Dixie Parks March 30."

April 5, 1910

Mobile, AL
"Mobile Baseball Players Are At Game - The Cuban Stars and Dixie Parks, of Mobile, played April 5 in Mobile before about 1,000 fans and over. The Stars put up their usual exhibition of good ball playing, and the inside and general team work of the club was about the best seen in Mobile this year. The Mobile team secured more hits, but they were kept well scattered. Bee Turner pitched an excellent game for the home club. The feature of the game was the great catch of Myers in center field, and threw, cutting off a run of the visitors. Pediroso pitched the last four innings for the Stars, his control being perfect, striking out eight men and yielding only two 2-base hits during his stay in the box."

Mobile, AL
"Dixie Boys Outhit the Cuban Stars - But are Defeated by a Score of 8 to 7. - Mobile, Alabama, April 6. - The Dixie Park Baseball Club and the famous Cuban Stars, of Havana, Cuba, played a fine game April 5. Although we outbatted them, they beat us 8 to 7, this being our first attempt to play a professional club. We consider the showing grand."

April 16, 1910

Mobile, AL
"The Pensacola Giants beat us two straights, while we had no right to score, although we did in both games. Golstucker has the best bunch in this section, to my judgement - a clean set of players in every sense of the word. Any club traveling down this way can find open dates with us. I am informed that C.I. Taylor has gone to West BAden with his bunch of Birmingham Giants. I wish him much success, as the Birmingham Giants had the call in Mobile last season. All idle ball players that would like the South, please write me. David P. Johnson, Manager Dixie Park. 64 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama."

April 23, 1910

Indianapolis, IN
"Where to Write Ball Clubs. - Their Names and Addresses of the Managers. - Dixie Park Baseball Club - David P. Johnson, 64 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama."

June 17, 1910

Mobile, AL
"The Pas Christians and Mobiles played two games in Mobile, the 17th and 18th, Mobile winning both games. Score first game, 3 to 2."

June 18, 1910

Mobile, AL
"The Pas Christians and Mobiles played two games in Mobile, the 17th and 18th, Mobile winning both games. Score second game, 5 to 1."

July 2, 1910

Mobile, AL
"Mobile, Alabama. - Special to the Freeman. - Handsome Peter has charge of the Mobile ball club; this is Mr. Clemmons. The club is down to business now and would like to have some good team to play on the 4th of July. Mobile is a good ball town, and like many cities, always likes fast and snappy ball games. Captain Sommerville, the park owner, says that he intends to give Mobile patrons of the game every first class accommodation in the new park."

July 9, 1910

Mobile, AL
"A Good Club. - The Mobile Club Strengthened. - Special to the Freeman. - The Mobile, Alabama Club has been strengthened by the addition of Davis and Ward from the Moss Point Giants. The fans say we have got the club now. In a recent series with the Pass Christiana team, the Mobile Club took all of the games."

July 21, 1910

Mobile, AL
"Moss Point 2, Mobiles 1"

July 22, 1910

Mobile, AL
"Moss Point 4, Mobiles 5."

July 23, 1910

Mobile, AL
"Saturday, 23 - Moss Point 1, Mobiles 2. - Lively Ball Tosser. - Bronchos Bloomer Girls Attracted Attention. - Mobile, Alabama, The Mobiles, Dixie Parks and Moss Points played in the city, July 21, 22 and 23."

Chicago, IL
"On Monday of this week the Chicago Baseball League passed a rule barring games between its members and all visiting colored ball clubs from now on, the rule being made to include the Cuban clubs that have been playing around the circuit the past two years. The rule will work very badly against the Stars of Cuba, who figured on playing on the Chicago League Circuit after the Cuban Stars left the city. This action means that the Chicago Leaguers will not play visiting colored teams any more in the future."

Chicago, IL
"On Monday of this week the Chicago Baseball League passed a rule barring games between its members and all visiting colored ball clubs from now on, the rule being made to include the Cuban clubs that have been playing around the circuit the past two years. The rule will work very badly against the Stars of Cuba, who figured on playing on the Chicago League Circuit after the Cuban Stars left the city. This action means that the Chicago Leaguers will not play visiting colored teams any more in the future."

"The games were well played. Mr. Robinson, manager of the Moss Points, said his boys are playing fast ball now, and for all to look out for them before the season is over. Ward, better known as Squattie, has all the boys buffaloed on the way he can stretch and get those high flies and hot ones on the diamond. Ralph (handsome Peter) has put forth his very best effort to have a fast team in Mobile, and has now got together a very fast bunch of ball players. The Bronchos, Bloomer Girls, were the big attraction during the past week. The girls are quite hefty and show much class as ball tossers and base runners."